WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 10

[HollyTyler]

Hi Marilyn

I didn't get good sleep, I woke up at 3 am and had a glass of water... back to bed, try to sleep bit struggle then got good sleep... Got up at 9.30 am..

Olivia is a good mood today and she made her bed and gave me a hug...

Scottishwee35

Deborah, I hope it's a better day today. Have a good time with your friends!

 

[LisaG520]

We want our W-2's as well. I am dong Daniel and Annie's taxes today...we have those

Darrell was able to print his out around 2 weeks ago - I work for an IT company and they MAIL them at the very end of the month

 

[HollyTyler]

My brother in law arrived Canada safe last Wednesday...He had the interview last Thursday... I don't know if he got it or not... but he have another one next week...

My father in law was moaning me about dollars...

I said that we are going on cruise next year, he said nothing??

He is right about dollars get worst now down down down...

Ian and I are a bit concern about it as what if it go down by 1.00??

We are saving and hold the pounds, not exchange dollars yet...

Scottishwee35

Glad your brother in law made it safely and hope he gets the job! When will he find out?

I think that's a good idea for you to hold onto your money and not exchange it yet. Hard to tell what will happen.

 

[LisaG520]

Any one have big plans for today?

We're going to have lunch at Subway and see the new Underworld movie (we'll take the Subway with us - it goes good with popcorn)

Then may be a trip to Sam's Club.

 

[HollyTyler]

Any one have big plans for today?

We're going to have lunch at Subway and see the new Underworld movie (we'll take the Subway with us - it goes good with popcorn)

Then may be a trip to Sam's Club.

No plans for us. But now that you mention Subway, I might do that for lunch today. Yum! We might go sledding. Haven't gone yet because I've been lazy, and I feel bad about that. Other than that, we'll probably just do some cleaning and laundry. OH.....I almost forgot! Tyler and I went crazy a few days ago and bought a bunch videos, most are Disney and a few Rescue Heroes! We went to Goodwill to kill time one day and discovered that most of the videos are 59 cents! We got 3 Rescus Heroes videos, Bambi, Mary Poppins, Small One (Tyler has loved the book for years and was thrilled to see the video), Alladin, Aristocats, and one Magic Schoolbus. I think there are a few more too, but can't remember. Oh yea, I got the first 2 Little Mermaid DVDs on ebay and they just came yesterday.

 

[LisaG520]

No plans for us. But now that you mention Subway, I might do that for lunch today. Yum! We might go sledding. Haven't gone yet because I've been lazy, and I feel bad about that. Other than that, we'll probably just do some cleaning and laundry. OH.....I almost forgot! Tyler and I went crazy a few days ago and bought a bunch videos, most are Disney and a few Rescue Heroes! We went to Goodwill to kill time one day and discovered that most of the videos are 59 cents! We got 3 Rescus Heroes videos, Bambi, Mary Poppins, Small One (Tyler has loved the book for years and was thrilled to see the video), Alladin, Aristocats, and one Magic Schoolbus. I think there are a few more too, but can't remember. Oh yea, I got the first 2 Little Mermaid DVDs on ebay and they just came yesterday.

I've actually done some cleaning already - well I put away stacks of laundry sitting around our bedroom. And even folded a load of laundry out of the dryer. I think I've used up that urge for the day

Sledding and watching movies all day sounds like a good plan to me.

 

[iankh]

I was starving all week. I cried one day.

Have you been choosing filling foods? Lots of zero point veggies? Also, many "mini-meals" help instead of 3 larger ones? Have you talked to your leader?

 

[HollyTyler]

I've actually done some cleaning already - well I put away stacks of laundry sitting around our bedroom. And even folded a load of laundry out of the dryer. I think I've used up that urge for the day

Sledding and watching movies all day sounds like a good plan to me.

We might actually go sledding when I pick Tyler up today, depending on whether he needs to eat supper first and how dark it is. We'll sort of wing it.

 

[HollyTyler]

Well, I've been up long enough to have breakfast and then some ice cream. I'm headed back to bed because I just don't feel like I slept enough. Plus I like sleeping away my Saturdays just because I CAN.

 

[HollyTyler]

I've actually done some cleaning already - well I put away stacks of laundry sitting around our bedroom. And even folded a load of laundry out of the dryer. I think I've used up that urge for the day

Sledding and watching movies all day sounds like a good plan to me.

You've done a heck of a lot more than I have today! I watched "The Emperor's New School" on tv, ate, and sat around on the couch.

 

[ibouncetoo]

Morning kids! We are 'hitting the rails' today. A group of us are taking the new Phoenix light rail into Tempe to hit an Irish pub for lunch to celebrate Peg's birthday with some of her friends. Unfortunately, the organizer hasn't told us WHERE or WHEN to meet yet! So I'll just be showered and groomed by 9:30A to be ready to go.

You should go on that show....So You Think You Know The Lyrics

I have a DISboards friend who won $100,000 on that show! He's booked a couple of WDW vacations for his family with some of the winnings...GOOD MAN!

Oh yeah....and DISer zweihund (Erica) went to her prom with host Wayne Brady!


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[iankh]

Good Morning All!

I feel like a real slug today. I got out of bed after 8:00AM. I did wake up at 4:30 AM and again at 5:30 but went back to bed.

I have come down with a cold and have a horrible sore throat. I feel like I swallowed razor blades and I can't really talk, because it hurts too much.

I'm hoping that ibuprofen and hot tea may soothe it.

I have to work tomorrow, and my Sunday morning work requires me to do some talking .... LOTS of talking.

Eastwood Manor Friday Night Movie Review

Last night we watched one our latest arrivals from Netflix, "Lars and the Real Girl."

I heard a film critic on Public Radio earlier this week mention it as one of the better movies in 2007.

"Lars and the Real Girl" was in short, wonderful!

It was very different from what we expected, given the premise, but instead was a film that was really about family and neighbors coming together to care and help those they love, it was a film about caring and compassion.

The acting was subtle and spectacular, as were the writing and direction.

So, "Lars and the Real Girl" gets a 4 thumbs and 8 paws up rating from us.

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The Job

Yesterday afternoon, my boss asked to see me and pulled me into a meeting room. She never really talks to me outside of meeting, so this was unusual.

Her boss, our CIO spoke to her that day, and my role may be changing and I may be put into a new role. He wanted her to "feel me out" to see how I would react.

My new role would make me responsible for developing and implementing the strategy for the look and feel of all of our systems, and for our digital strategy for documentation, communication and document retention and storage.

It appears they want to put me in a role that would better leverage my talents.

Today, I manage software quality assurance and testing, but in reality that is only 1/4 of my jobs. I also manage change management and system change documentation for SOX federal auditing, I am responsible for working with our creative agency, I am responsible for our Internet and I'm responsible for our Intranet.

Part of my stress is that I have 4+ people I report to, all with different priorities, and none of my performance objectives really relate to each other. On top of it I also manage a team.

Hence, this is part of the reason why I am so stressed all the time.

One of my more quotable quotes that I have said to my boss, during a time I was being criticized for not delegating enough was, "What else do you people want me to do, stick a broom up my butt and sweep the floor, while I do everything else."

That's me, the height of tactfulness (The good news is that I've known her for 9 years and this is the second company I've worked for her at.)

So, net net is that this would be a positive change. It would be a better fit with what I like to do.

Someone else, would take over part of my current role. The ironic thing is that she is someone who is hypercritical and shows nearly no compassion for anyone. I suppose this will be a good move, as now she can stop criticizing and effect a positive change. She would also have to, "Eat her own dog food" so she just might have to be a team player.

Another good thing is that one of my pups, who I hired both at this company and the one before, will become a supervisor and report to her. It would be a step up for him.

None of this is a done deal yet, so I just need to wait and see what would happen.

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Saturday at Eastwood Manor


We're going to leave shortly for our usual Saturday morning shopping.

Later today, I have to start working on the 2010 update for Mouse Manager.

Actually, I just want to collapse.

 

[granmaz]

Try not to do too much today Ian. You need some time to get better.

Great news on the job front. Hopefully you won't be as stressed.

 

[gaylean93]

I think it helps so much to be able to chat about it, and we are all very unthreatening here. There are also some very wise folk in our group.

Thanks but I'm not really that wise.

 

[gaylean93]

Hi Marilyn

I didn't get good sleep, I woke up at 3 am and had a glass of water... back to bed, try to sleep bit struggle then got good sleep... Got up at 9.30 am..

Olivia is a good mood today and she made her bed and gave me a hug...

Scottishwee35

Oh sure....she's in a good mood Kids are crazy.

 

[gaylean93]

Gaylean

How long Jon drive to meet V and BubbaGrumpy?

Just want to know... lol...

Scottishwee35

It's only 90 minutes but we are stopping in LA to eat so it will be a 30 minute drive there and one hour to their house.

 

[gaylean93]

gaylean - I know exactly how you feel.

Here I am, taking the girls to school, picking them up, making sure Haley has a sheet and blanket, Samantha has her homework, taking care of the laundry and housework, the dogs too and John, gets up goes to work and then goes and works out after work. He's nto home until 6:30 and by then I am ready to sit down not go to the Y. Now softball is coming up which will be 2 nights a week and some nights not home until 11. I used to be so resentful and it was eating me up...now I just book cruises and plan stuff I want to do. It is the only thing keeping me sane!

Book more cruise be more sane It makes perfect sense.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this

 

[gaylean93]

My daughter has your life(though not in such a great place) and with 2 more children. Her husband, whilst fantastic with the children, does nothing around the home to help her. She does all the homework organising, hearing them read, spellings, times tables, music practice etc etc. She fetches and carries them where then need to go. Peter gets up, off to work, gets home then sits!!

This is how it is here too. Was John better?

 

[gaylean93]

As I am older than you guys, I got caught up in the "have it all" mentality sold to us from the women's movement in the 70's.

I educated myself and sought my way up the ladder of business. I was very successful, but miserable. After Annie was born, 15 years ago, I decided I was done with the "ladder climb" but I (we) were stuck because Don had chosen what he wanted to do based on what he wanted to do and not income.

The only out I had was straight commission. If I were successful in sales, I could get out of the management track and still make enough for us to live on.

It turns out, it was the best decision of my life. I worked like crazy for the the first few years, but I have certainly reaped the benefits over the last few years.

My company has been sold 8 times now and I have never been laid off. Staples now "owns" me .... who knows what is next????

I have been invited to meet the President of Staples next Wednesday. Should be interesting.

I will say that it is nice that our generation is trying to bring it back to simpler times. I was just having this conversation with my mom. She said she never even thought for a moment that I would ever stay home. It was rough when the kids were little but I was home with them. Plus I was the first person in my family that nursed their babies.

 

[gaylean93]

I'm jealous - we haven't even received all of our W-2s yet. My company always gets them out just under the wire.

We just got our mortgage info so I will do them when I get home tomorrow.